THE USA INITIAL QUIZ TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE ABOUT 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13.
How many states does it have? Where was the Declaration of Independence written? Which is the longest river in the USA? In which state is the Grand Canyon? How many presidents of the USA were killed? Who sold Alaska to the States in 1867? What is the capital city of America? What do the stars and stripes in the flag represent? What’s the nickname used to refer to the States? What’s the official motto of the USA? What’s the smallest USA state? And the largest? What’s the name of the monument in South Dakota where you can see the face of four presidents of the USA? 14. What are the names of these four presidents? 15. Which city does jazz music come from? 16. Who was the country founded by? 17. Who fought the American Civil war? 18. Who won? 19. When is the national holiday?
20. Match (add job) a. Edgar Allan Poe b. Andy Warhol c. Frank Gehry d. Tennessee Williams e. Louis Amstrong f. Thomas Edison 21. 22. 23. 24. 25. 26. 27. 28. 29. 30.
Guggemheim Museum (Bilbao) What a wonderful world the light bulb Campbell Soup A streetcar named Desire Annabel Lee
What year was the first Thanksgiving? Who was Malcolm X? Who was Martin Luther King? What killed thousands of people in the Gulf Coast in August 2005? Where did the Ku Klux Klan start? What’s the name of the ship that carried the Pilgrims to America in 1620? Who was the youngest man elected President in the USA? What’s the American national anthem? What’s the Tea Party movement? What’s the national bird?
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THE USA More information: http://awesomeamerica.com/usa/
General knowledge quizzes about the USA: http://a4esl.org/q/h/vm/usaknowledge.html http://www.pearsonlongman.com/country_quiz/usa.html Learn the states in the USA: http://www.purposegames.com/game/states-of-the-usa-quiz American versus British English http://www.mansioningles.com/vocabulario63.htm http://esl.about.com/od/toeflieltscambridge/a/dif_ambrit.htm
http://esl.about.com/od/britishamerican/British_vs_American_English.htm http://www.woodlands-junior.kent.sch.uk/customs/questions/americanbritish.html
http://www2.gsu.edu/~wwwesl/egw/jones/words.htm
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